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Meaning of wreckreation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Recreation that wrecks or harms the environment. For example, running off-road vehicles and mountain bikes through ecologically sensitive areas, running boats with large wakes in narrow watercourses so as to cause bank erosion, climbing in areas where raptors nest, or simply hiking in areas that disturb existing flora, fauna and archaeological resources.

uncountable

Examples

“Wreckreation in Our National Forests”
“...critiques of motorized wreckreation...”
“Time will tell whether the small town surrounded by agribusinesses, booming residential populations, and sand dunes to drive on for high-speed wreckreation will preserve its maternal purity.”
“https://web.archive.org/web/20080509133709/http://www.peer.org/campaigns/publiclands/orv/index.php Off-Road “Wreckreation” Plagues Public Lands”
“http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2009/11/11/Wreckreation/index.html - By Jim Cooperman, 11 Nov 2009, TheTyee.ca BC's Shameful Backcountry Wreckreation”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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